MATLAB cells data structure

[Ian Stott]

     Greetings,
     
     Could you let me know if the "cells" data structure that occurs in 
     MATLAB is available within octave. ie expressions like:
     
     output{1}='hi there';
     output{2}=2;
     output{3}=zeros(3,3);
     
     The version of octave I am using (2.0.13, mips-sgi-irix6.2) does 
     not recognise the above MATLAB syntax.
     
     Regards
     
     Ian Stott
     
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